Building resilience in Australia’s electricity infrastructureOnline conference Australia has been hit by successive extreme weather events and disasters in recent years. As the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report has warned this is going to get worse. Australia has already warmed by 1.4° C. Each of the climate-induced disasters – floods and bushfires – has had a […]
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:The Reliability and Credibility of Eyewitnesses Substantive Law CPD Points: 1.5 About Eyewitness testimony can provide critical leads in investigations and can be extremely persuasive in court. However, inconsistencies or inaccuracies in eyewitness accounts can undermine the perceived credibility of the witness and the value of the evidence. This is particularly […]
Youth Crime and Youth Justice ForumThe Forum will bring together key stakeholders working to prevent youth crime and to administer the various aspects of youth justice. Presenters will discuss latest trends, research and policies in these areas and will showcase some of the relevant work across the University of Sydney. Speakers have been confirmed from: […]
JSI Seminar: LawmativityHybrid event Explaining the normativity of law – how it guides action by giving reasons – is one of the central questions of general jurisprudence. It is also one of the topics on which there is least agreement. In the first half of the talk, Alex Horne offers a diagnosis as to […]
Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspectiveIn-person event In this seminar, Prof M Marc-Philippe Weller (Heidelberg University) takes the spectacular 2021 Milieudefensie v Shell ruling from a first instance court in The Hague as an opportunity to identify cross-jurisdictional problems of civil climate change litigation from a comparative perspective. The Shell case was the first climate […]
The inaugural Kim Santow law and social justice panel: The promise and pitfalls of a marketised NDISIn-person event Supported by the Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Fund, Sydney Law School’s annual panel discussion closely examines a legal issue in its socio-cultural context, with social justice and human rights considerations central to the discussion. The […]
The Ross Parsons Tax LectureIncome Taxation: An Institution in Decay – Still ***PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN EARLY 2023** In 1986, on the eve of his retirement from Sydney Law School, Ross Parsons published a famous paper giving his caustic assessment of the body of law which had […]
Julius Stone Address: The Legal Experience of InjusticeIn-person event In The Faces of Injustice, Judith Shklar criticizes the ‘normal model’ of justice which views injustice as ‘a prelude to or a rejection and breakdown of justice, as if injustice were a surprising abnormality’. Her central insight is that ‘the real realm of injustice … does not […]
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers Ethics and Professional Responsibility CPD Points: 1.5 About Coming to the Bar is a significant step in the career of any lawyer. For junior counsel intending to practise in criminal law, the ethical and moral obligations are significant. Factors like direct briefs, invoicing, barristers’ […]
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions Substantive Law CPD Points: 1.5 About Following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Uniform Evidence Law jurisdictions are implementing reforms to the tendency and coincidence evidence provisions. These reforms aim to […]
Let’s Talk About Corporations: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023Hybrid Event Launch Event Join us as we launch ‘Let’s Talk About Corporations’: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023, featuring a keynote address by Professor Rod Sims AO (Crawford School of Public Police, Australian National University). This new seminar series is a collaboration between academics at […]
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal Professional Skills CPD Points: 1.5 About Appearing in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal can be an intimidating prospect. Seeking leave, applications brought out of time, questions of law, questions of fact, mixed questions: senior criminal law barrister John Stratton SC will consider these issues and […]
